Born on the Fourth of July

Basic information

Chinese title

Born on the Fourth of July

More Chinese titles

Born on the Fourth of July

English titles

Born on the Fourth of July

Director

Oliver Stone

Screenwriter

Ron Kovic .....(book)

Oliver Stone Stone .....(screenplay) amp;

Ron Kovic .....(screenplay)

Actor

Tom Cruise Tom Cruise .....Ron Kovic

Bryan Larkin .....Young Ron

Raymond J. Barry .....Mr. Kovic

Caroline Kava .....Mrs. Kovic

Josh Evans .....Tommy Kovic

Seth Allen .....Young Tommy

Jamie Talisman .....Jimmy Kovic

Sean Stone .....Young Jimmy

Anne Bobby .....Suzanne Kovic

Jenna von O? .....Young Suzanne

Producer

A. Kitman Ho .....producer

Lope V. Juban Jr. .... .producer: Phillipines

Joseph P. Reidy .....associate producer (as Joseph Reidy)

Oliver Stone .....producer

Clayton Townsend .....associate producer

Cinematography: Robert Richardson ....(director of photography)

Film Editing:

David Brenner

Joe Hutshing ....(co-editor)

Duration 145 min

Country/Region United States

Dialogue Language English

Color Color

Mix 70 mm 6-Track Dolby SR

Level

Australia :M Iceland: 16 Norway: 15 Sweden: 15 France: U Spain: 13 USA: R Canada: R UK: 18 West Germany: 16 Canada: 18 South Korea: 18 Chile: 18 Argentin

a: 16 Finland: K-14 Singapore: M18 New Zealand: R13

Production cost $14,000,000 (estimated)

Date of filming

1988 May - November 1988

[Edit this paragraph] Production and distribution

Production company

Ixtlan Corporation [USA]

Distribution Company

CIC Vídeo [Brazil] ..... (Brazil) (VHS)

Colombia TriStar [Brazil] ..... (Brazil) (DVD)

Image Entertainment Inc. [USA] ..... (USA) (laserdisc)

MCA Universal Home EntertainmentMCA/Universal Home Video [USA] ..... (USA ) (laserdisc)

United International Pictures (UIP) [UK] ..... (2006) (UK) (theatrical)

Universal Home Entertainment [USA] ... .. (USA) (DVD)

Universal Pictures [USA] ..... (2006) (USA) (theatrical)

Warner Home Video Video [USA] ..... (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

ADR Voice Services ..... voice casting

Astro Sheet Metal ..... metal fabrication

Big Time Picture Company ..... post-production editing facilities

Bonhard's Nursery ..... greenery

Charlie Wright Ltd. ..... wigs

Cinema Research Corporation [USA] ..... opticals

Gala Catering Inc. [USA] ..... catering

JDH Sound [USA] ..... adr facility, L.A.

Lone Star Parade Floats ..... parade floats

Lorimar Sound.. ... re-recording facilities

MCA Records [USA] ..... soundtrack

NBC News Archives [USA] ..... historical news footage

Nicolau Casting ..... extras casting

Warriors Inc. [USA] ...

.. military technical advisor

Release date

United States

USA

December 20, 1989

Australia

Australia

February 8, 1990

Argentina

Argentina

February 15, 1990 Japan

France

France

February 21, 1990

Sweden

Sweden

February 23, 1990

West Germany

West Germany

March 1, 1990

Austria

Austria

March 2, 1990

Netherlands

Netherlands

March 2, 1990

United Kingdom

UK

March 2, 1990

Finland

Finland

March 16, 1990

Hungary

Hungary

April 19, 1990

Philippines

Philippines

July 31, 1990... (Davao)

[Edit this paragraph] Plot introduction

Langkawik ??was originally a A promising officer lost his legs in the Vietnam War. He began to give up on himself and often vented his anger on his family. After leaving his hometown, he looked at himself and realized how many lives this war had taken. Who was he fighting for? Unable to forgive his motherland, he decided to fight against the war and had doubts about the country that betrayed him...

As a child, Ron Kovic liked to rush and kill in the woods with his friends. He dreamed that one day Become a real man. On July 4, 1956, Long, who was 10 years old, rode on his father's shoulders to watch the American Independence Day parade, which made him very excited. Once, Long's girlfriend Donna gave him a baseball cap. Long won the game with a confident smile on his face.

As Lang grew up, he greatly admired and yearned for the president's speech full of war enthusiasm, and an impulse of challenge and sacrifice emerged in his heart. During an interstate wrestling match, Long was knocked down, and tears came to his eyes because he was so strong. After this, Long decided to give up the opportunity to go to college and join the army to fight in the war. In the pain of conflict, he rushed to the middle school gymnasium in the rain to say goodbye to his lover Donna.

Lang came to the Vietnam battlefield and witnessed the US military shooting Vietnamese civilians. He rushed into the house desperately to rescue injured women and babies. In a melee, he accidentally killed his friend Wilson, but the lieutenant colonel told the painful Long that this was "everyone's destiny." Afterwards, Long was shot and wounded and was admitted to the Veterans Hospital. He was told he was paralyzed from the waist down and would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

In 1969, Lang returned to his hometown. Some people regarded him as a patriotic hero, while others dismissed him. This made him sad and sad. However, Lang, who was sitting in a wheelchair, still insisted on his love for the United States. Loyal faith in war.

On the university campus where the anti-war movement was taking place, Lang and Donna met again. The shocked and heartbroken Donna decided that the war was wrong and must be stopped. Lang, who has lost his sexual ability, loves Donna deeply in his heart. He recalls the past with infinite sadness.

After a conflict in a bar, Lang finally recognized the cruel reality behind the lies of war. Soon, he was sent to a Mexican military rehabilitation center for recuperation.

In the dim brothel, the tenderness and consideration of the prostitute Elena made Lang have mixed feelings and burst into tears, and his mood cheered up slightly. However, the nightmare of the Vietnam War still appeared in his mind. In order to atone for his sins, he went to pay homage to Wilson's tombstone. In order to stop the war and massacre, Lang finally awakened and joined the anti-war movement.

In 1972, when a Democratic Party gathering was held in Miami Beach, Long and some veterans entered the venue. He publicly issued an anti-war declaration and was kicked out of the venue by the secret police. But Lang, who gained widespread support, rocked his wheelchair unyieldingly, commanded the public, and rushed forward.

Four years later, when the Democratic National Convention was held in New York, Long stepped onto the speech podium with determination and excitement. He recalled the past again. Amid the cheers of the crowd, Long stretched out his left hand and made a V-shaped sign of victory.

The male protagonist Ron Nikoway was paralyzed due to injury. He suffered from physical pain in the hospital and suffered mental torture when he returned to his hometown. His extremely frustrated days made him originally ambitious and determined to serve his country. It is so decadent and demoralizing that the values ??it relies on to support collapse.

This film is the second part of Stone's "Vietnam War Trilogy". It tells a true story to people. Luo was an athlete full of patriotic passion. Regardless of his family's opposition, he resolutely joined the U.S. Navy and went to fight in Vietnam. The war life at sea plunged Luo and his companions into confusion and chaos, and Luo gradually lost himself. Ruthless bullets hit him, and Luo, who was paralyzed, was sent back to his motherland and spent a nightmare day in a veterans hospital. After being discharged from the hospital, he went to Mexico, drank all day long and lived a dissolute life. However, the perseverance buried deep in Luo's heart gradually cheered him up, and he finally became an active anti-war propagandist through difficult struggles.

[Edit this paragraph] Behind the scenes of the movie

One sentence review

A story of innocence lost and courage found.

Behind the scenes

After the Vietnam War film "Platoon" became famous in one fell swoop, Oliver Stone's film with the same theme shifted the focus. The climax of the film is also reflected here. The audience can't help but look at it with a serious look. mentality to treat and think about the history and significance of the Vietnam War. The film stars Tom Cruise, has a compact and powerful plot, a solemn atmosphere, and is highly sensational. It is also a manifestation of creative courage and moral conscience in the American film industry.

[Edit this paragraph] Wonderful tidbits

·Starring Tom Cruise was actually born on July 3rd.

·The colors used in all movie shooting are red, white and blue, which are determined according to different situations: wars are all reddish, dream scenes are all white, blue represents sadness, etc.

·Director's guest appearance: (Oliver Stone) At the beginning of the movie, a reporter interviews a military commander on TV.

·At least 11 extras, including Oliver Stone, made cameos in this film, and also appeared in Oliver Stone's earlier film "Platoon" .

·It has been confirmed that a man in the film said that the Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals he received during the Vietnam War were meaningless. Director Oliver Stone won these two awards after participating in Vietnam.

·In Mexico, Rong sat behind a table with a book titled "All Quiet on the Western Front". The book has been hailed as one of the greatest anti-war works in history.

·The original plan was for Al Pacino to star as Ron Kovic and to be directed by William Friedkin. The film, starring Tom Cruise and directed by Oliver Stone, wasn't made until ten years later as the project struggled to secure funding.

·In the credits at the end of the film, there is the name of Oliver Stone's wife Elizabeth, thought to be "Naijo No Ko", which means "Thanks to my wife for her help" in Japanese. .

·The word "fuck" is used 289 times in the movie.

[Edit this paragraph] Wonderful dialogue

Mrs. Kovic: Don't say penis in this house!

Ron Kovic: Penis! Penis! Big fucking erect penis, ma!

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Ron Kovic: People say that if you don't love America, then get the hell out. Well, I love America.

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Ron Kovic: They burned the flag and they demonstrated against us; it's on the cover of the paper today. They have no respect. They have no idea what's going on over there, Mom -- the men that are sacrificing their lives. People are dying every day over there, and nobody back here even seems to care. It's a bunch of goddamn shit if you ask me!

Mrs. Kovic: Ronnie, don't take the Lord's name in vain -- not in front of the children. I agree with everything you say!

Ron Kovic: I served my country -- and they just want to take from it -- just take, take! Love it or leave it, that's what I think.

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Lieutenant (in Vietnam): [to Ron Kovic] It wasn't your fault, goddamn it! They got in the goddamn way!

[Edit this paragraph] Side-by-side shots

·Anachronism: A 1957 Chevrolet convertible (introduced in the fall of 1956) was used in the July 4, 1956 parade in the film.

·In January 1961, Rong's family watched Kennedy's inauguration in Washington on television. It was below freezing weather. Meanwhile, at Kovic's home in Long Island, New York, the weather was showing early fall.

·Anachronism: At the 1972 Democratic Congress in Miami Beach, a sign can be seen marking Jackie Gleason Blvd. The street was actually named after Gleason's death in the late 1980s.

·Factual errors: The film is marked as July 4, 1969, when the Kovic family watched "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" on television. The show began airing every Monday night in 1968, and July 4, 1969, fell on a Friday.

· Anachronism: When Ron was in his room thinking about what to take with him, he stuffed a toy gun into his bag. This model gun is the Beretta 92f, which first appeared in 1983.